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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Thrifty Dinner

Linda, at Restyled Home, has written an ode to imperfection. Most of us do not have the means, or the inclination, to have a perfectly decorated home like the ones we see in magazines. We shop at thrift stores and flea markets, bringing home gently used pieces for great prices. Linda has dubbed this week "Perfectly Imperfect Week," and asked that we show off our creatively repurposed furniture makeovers and great thrift store finds.

So, in the spirit of imperfect decorating, I have dusted off some of my favorite thrift store beauties to set the table for dinner on the deck. Almost everything you see here came from thrift stores.

My Royal Staffordshire "Clarice Cliffe" transferware dishes. I only have a few, but they are my absolute favorites. And they cost approximately $4. each for the dinner plates and $2. each for the bread plates.

I could have gotten more of them, but I committed the mortal sin of thrifting -- I momentarily walked away to look at something else. Another customer came along and snapped up half the dishes. Aaarrrgh!

Delicate embroidered linen napkins, five for $4. I dare you to find machine made polyester napkins for that price.

A small silver pitcher, $6., that I filled with flowers from the garden and some wild berries from the fields (see picture at top of post). I added Waterford goblets, thrifted forks, and some of my favorite coin silver spoons and there you have it -- a very inexpensive, imperfect but totally wonderful dinner on the deck!

Now see, I would never look outside and think to take my purple coneflowers and sweet potato vine and wild berries and make them into a table arrangement. But I love it when you did it! What can I do with a purple hydrangea and a Delft pitcher? :)

Hi Mary, your table is so beautiful and no one would ever guess it's a thrity table setting! The dishes are so elegant and those linens. Now, what's for dinner? I'll be right over.Be a sweetie,Shelia ;)

Wa, you are really lucky to be able to find such thrift store in your country. Such beautiful plates cost only US$4 (equivalent to S$3....). How I wish I can get such lovely cheap crockery at sucy a good price.

I'm so glad I surfed on in today, as i am entertaining tonight and am about to set up the table, I too thrift all the time and have a collectiion of china to use that has cost me a few dollars

anyway your gorgeous pics have inspired me on what plates to use, shame I haven't got any as beautiful as those Staffordshires (no wonder you got pipped for the others if they were only $4!!!) but I have got others that are pink, love the flowers too and I would love to find some napkins as beautiful as that, I do have some in my stash though that might fit the bill.

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